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E U R O P E A N
BUSINESS AIR NEWS
ISSUE 187
Taxijet to begin
commercial
operations
next April
Spain’s Taxijet is planning to build a
fleet of 30 Eclipse 500s as it finalises
simultaneous plans to work with
European partners to offer a Europewide network fleet of 150 aircraft. “We
expect European certification of the
Eclipse 500 to come this year and plan
to begin commercial operations in
April 2009,” says ceo Conor Neill.
He adds: “The world faces an
uncertain next six to 18 months. The
sub-prime banking crisis will have
flow-through effects to all parts of the
global economy as loans become
harder and harder to get.”
But Neill, a professor at IESE
business school, a leading MBA
institution, adds: “We believe that
governments
are
taking
the
appropriate action to bring liquidity
back to world economies and allow
good businesses the access to credit
which they require to invest and grow.
We will work hard on developing
strong, safe, robust operational
processes and will be building a
solid team over the next year, while
positioning ourselves for strong
growth as economic confidence
returns during 2010.”
Taxijet’s target is to operate its own
fleet of 30 aircraft in Spain by 2013.
“We expect to fly each aircraft
between 500 and 800 hours per year,
two to three hours a day. We will have
five pilots per aircraft so there will be
150 pilots by 2013,” Neill adds.
The company, which also acts as
commercial agent for a Citation II
and two Citation Is based in Madrid,
Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca,
currently operates an Eclipse 500
and a Maule. “We have always
bought new aircraft direct from
Eclipse Aviation. However this may
change in future as we need to
bring new aircraft onstream faster
than the factory is able to provide
delivery slots.”
Neill says: “We will initially
establish bases in Barcelona, further
developing our maintenance base at
Sabadell airport, and Madrid,
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Air Four to expand fleet and
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Id Jet launch boosted by
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Private jet club plans
to fly over economic
downturn
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VLJs target cost and
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Private jet club
banks on 60XRs
Lisbon-headquartered Jet Republic has ordered 110 Learjet 60XRs to provide the mainstay of a private jet club. Key members of the Jet Republic management team include (left to
right) Luis Viana, Lionel Aineux, Stephane Hebert, Jonathan Breeze, Viktor Popovic, Peter Schickling, Jonny Shingles, Richard Thomas and Lysbeth Fox. Full story page 6.
Twin Star will provide alternative
to tedious journeys by rail
Poland’s Direct Fly, in collaboration
with UK-based air charter broker
One Charter, is basing a Twin
Star DA-42 at Oxford airport for air
taxi operations. Its target clientele
will include disillusioned longer
distance first-class rail travellers.
“It is the first Twin Star to be
based at a UK airport for air charter
and Direct Fly will fly the aircraft
under its newly acquired EU
operations certificate,” says Air
Charter ceo Mike Ryan.
The new build, four-seat
composite aircraft is designed for
three passengers and a pilot. With a
cruise performance of 188 mph it
combines
outstanding
safety,
excellent
economics
and
is
environmentally friendly and fuel
efficient, Ryan says. “You travel at
Formula 1 speeds but achieve
typically 25 miles per gallon. The
aircraft is ideally suited for flights up
to 350-400 miles, but has a range of
897 nm.”
The DA-42 aircraft can operate at
night and in IFR conditions and is
fitted with Garmin G1000 avionics.
Direct Fly launched as a regional
airline flying domestic routes in
Mike Ryan: low prices.
Poland using the Saab 340. The
company is 100 per cent owned by
aviation investment specialist
AerFinance plc which launched an
IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
in February 2008.
Ryan says One Charter will be
marketing the aircraft to its clientele
throughout the UK, Ireland, Channel
Islands, Isle of Man, and to
destinations within reach of the UK
in continental Europe. One Charter
will also offer positioning flights to
other, smaller airports such as
Blackbushe and Fairoaks in Surrey,
plus Cranfield and Stapleford in
north London.
Charter prices will be generally
lower than the Piper Seneca on most
runs and, to date, typically the
lowest cost air taxi offering in the
UK, Ryan says. For example,
one way flights from Oxford
Airport to the Channel Islands based
on three passengers will be available
for a total of £895 – “less than £300
per passenger.”
Ryan says: “In this current
economic climate, clients are
thinking about whether or not to
charter for short distances. With the
Twin Star we are not only offering
the lowest price aircraft for timepressed executives, but we will
appeal to those who want to respect
the environment too.”
He points out that it takes
typically two railway station changes
and a journey of well over five hours
to get from Oxford to Newcastle at a
standard first class return rail fare of
£416. “On the Twin Star, three
passengers can be flown there in just
over an hour and a half at a cost of
£430 per passenger.”
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Strong demand
in Italy boosts
Aliven fleet
Italy’s Aliven is expanding its fleet to
10 aircraft to meet rising demand for
management and charter services.
Commander Cittadini Mauro,
accountable manager, says there are
plans to add further super midsize
and then intercontinental capacity to
the operator’s growing small and
midsize fleet.
Aliven, which owns four of its
aircraft outright, reserves its managed
aircraft for owner use for 50 per cent of
flying time and charters them out for
the other 50 per cent. Deliveries mean
it will be operating three CJ3s, two
CJ2s and a CJ1 by the end of this year
as well as a Hawker 700A and a
Hawker 900, a Citation 560XL and a
Beechcraft 400.
Aliven, which was launched under
its own AOC in 1994, expects to
further increase the size of its fleet
over the next few years. “We started
with small aircraft and have added
midsize capacity,” says Cittadini.
“There is a growing demand for longer
range aircraft with bigger cabins and
we will expand to service it. The
market in Italy is extremely buoyant
with business and leisure demand in
Europe and further afield.”
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Air Four plans to expand fleet, bases and services in 2009
Leopoldo Guidi, marketing manager
(right) with financial controller Paola
Cecilia Benvegnù.
Mario Peralda (right) agrees a deal with David Orcutt, vp Bombardier customer support.
Air Four, which has a presence on
a virtual world (EBAN February
2008), began as a start-up project
scheduled for launch during the
second quarter of 2008. However the
launch plans were adapted when an
unspecified
business
aviation
company in Italy came up for sale.
“By entering the market in this way,
we had the opportunity to start
earlier and to remove a possible
competitor,” says Peralda. “We felt
that, if we did not acquire the
company, whoever did would
become a competitor armed with
the existing customer portfolio. So
we started in May 2007 with a fleet of
12 aircraft, 50 per cent of them
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owners of the only FAA-certified
maintenance and engineering
centre in Italy, certified EASA
and FAA, and the Bombardier
service facility.”
Marketing manager Leopoldo
Guidi believes there are very good
business opportunities in general in
Europe but particularly in Italy.
Guidi points out: “Italy is
strategically placed in the centre of
the Mediterranean, it has a strong
tourist appeal, and it has the
advantage of being an intermediate
point for east-bound flights to Russia
and the Balkan region.”
Charter demand continues to
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believes there is development
potential in the luxury travel
leisure sector.
EAG signs Qatar agreement
as it builds regional network
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owned or leased and dedicated
exclusively to the executive charter
business. The rest of the fleet was
divided between pure aircraft
management and the management
of aircraft belonging to third-party
owners but used to service our
charter demands as well. Our core
business is executive charter but in
ISIS Group representatives finalise the order of 10 Hawker 450XPs with Hawker
Beechcraft Corporation’s Sean McGeough and Dan Keady.
UK company acquires 400XPs
UK-based property developer and
investment company ISIS Group has
ordered ten Hawker 400XPs. The order
marks ISIS Group’s initial aircraft
purchase for their new investment in
the growing Indian aviation industry –
Aviators India based in Bangalore.
Delivery dates for five of the
Hawker 400XPs are planned during
2009, with the remaining five aircraft
to be delivered in 2010. Aviators India
is scheduled to commence charter
services for ISIS Group in the second
half of 2009.
Headed by md Arun Sharma,
Aviators India has been in business for
14 years with wide experience in
charter operations and the marketing
of aviation products and services.
Hawker Beechcraft says the total
value of the contract with options
exceeds US$70 million.
Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group
(EAG) is expanding its regional
network. Fahd Travels has become
EAG’s representative sales agent (RSA)
for Qatar and will market private jet
charter services.
Paras Dhamecha, EAG executive
director, says: “The agreement with
Fahd Travels is the second RSA
agreement we have signed – the first
was with Luxury Travel by Dnata in
2008 – and marks our first step towards
creating a new regional business
presence for the company across the
Middle East and beyond. We are
actively looking to extend this network
within the Gulf Cooperation Council
countries before the end of 2008. Qatar
is an increasingly important market
for private aviation services including
executive jet charter.”
Fahd Al-Darwish, md of Fahd
Travels, says: “We believe this new
working relationship will help develop
the local and regional market for
private jet charter services for which
there is increasing demand in Qatar.”
He adds: “We are very confident that
we can service and grow the local
client base.”
EAG manages seven aircraft, six of
which are available for charter, and
expects the fleet to grow to ten by the
end of 2008.
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Italy’s Air Four expects to boost its
fleet by at least six aircraft in 2009
and expand business in Russia and
the Middle East. “Our new aircraft
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Air Four also plans to operate
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Peralda expects the delivery of
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of 2009. “Two managed aircraft will
also join our fleet in the next few
months, one light jet and one heavy
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The new arrivals will augment Air
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RAE passes propeller milestone
Regional Air Express (RAE), based at
Münster/Osnabrück in Germany, has
successfully completed the test flights
with the new five-bladed propellers of
MT-Propeller in Straubing, Germany.
RAE says: “The performance
improves on the old four-bladed
propellers and the maintenance costs
are much lower due to the new
materials. A significant reduction of
vibration inside the cabin now
delivers jet comfort with its new five
bladed propellers.”
EASA certification is planned for
February 2009 with certification by
CAA and FAA also expected soon.
RAE says it will be the first operator
of the Metro to convert its whole
fleet of four aircraft to the new five
bladed propellers.
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The Learjet fleet is expanding to meet rising demand.
Silver Bird adds fourth Learjet and
gets ready for G450 and G550
Germany’s Silver Bird Charterflug is
acquiring a fourth Learjet, a 45XR, to
meet rising international charter
demand. Peter Döllner, md and
founder, says: “What we would like
to achieve first and foremost with
the new Learjet 45XR is to further
satisfy the needs of our business
travellers for a greater cruising range
and speed.”
The 45XR, he points out, can carry
up to eight passengers non-stop on
routes such as Moscow to Paris or
from Rome or London to Dubai with
just one stopover. “But with a
maximum non-stop cruising range
of 1,970 nm on average or around
four flying hours, all destinations
within Europe can be reached
without a stopover.” Döllner says
attractions included a maximum
speed of 535 mph. “Apart from good
dynamics and speed, passengers
also enjoy comfort. The 45XR has
been completely refitted by the
manufacturer. There are generous,
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Executive Airlines chooses
Global Express for comfort
Spain’s Executive Airlines has brought
a Global Express into service taking its
fleet to 21 aircraft as it pursues
expansion plans (see EBAN July 2008).
The company, which is focused on the
long and ultra long range segment, has
also ordered four more jets for delivery
within two years.
Executive Airlines says it selected
the Global Express because it
has a cabin of “unprecedented
comfort” and an interior configuration
that enables 12 passenger seats
to be arranged in club, conference
and divan divisions including two
individual seats.
“Close to the pilots’ cabin, the crew
has its own toilet and its own rest
cabin,” it adds. “The Global Express
can easily cover destinations such
as Madrid-Hong Kong or MadridBuenos Aires and offers state-ofthe-art communications, enabling
passengers to enjoy their flight time
either relaxing or holding business
meetings with complete privacy.”
and a microwave, as well as a
separate washroom amenity to make
flights as pleasant and comfortable
as possible. An APU ensures pleasant
temperatures as passengers board
the plane.” Silver Bird can also
provide an in-flight attendant.
Learjet demand, Döllner says, is
rising. “There has been strong
demand for the Learjet 45 delivered
recently and all the indications are
that it will be the same for the 45XR,”
says Döllner. “There will be further
expansion of the fleet this year and
next year. The company is expecting
the delivery of a Learjet 60 and then a
G450 and a G550.”
The 45XR joins a 40XR, a 45
and a 55. “The 55 and 45 have
been completely refurbished and
offer extremely attractive interior
designs,” says Döllner.
All the aircraft in the expanded
fleet will be based at the Bremen
headquarters where the company
was set up in 1994.
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Id Jet launch boosted by western demand
Ivadom Aviation Services knew
exactly which aircraft it needed for a
successful private charter launch in
Croatia. “Working in the country as
brokers for six years we knew the
Citation 501 would be the perfect
aircraft for launch because of its
popularity in the market,” says ceo
Iva Rogovic Lekic.
Zagreb’s newly-launched charter
company, which uses the brand
name Id Jet, expects a new CJ2+
to come into service in April
and reports that business is
expanding rapidly.
“We expected a growing amount
of business from eastern Europe
based on an expansion of our
Ivadom brokerage business,” says
Lekic. “However, we have been
pleasantly
surprised
by
the
increasing volumes of business
that are coming to us from
countries including Switzerland,
France and Italy.”
Id Jet: Ready for take-off.
Iva Rogovic Lekic and ground operations manager Domagoj Vodanovic report a rising
tide of business in Croatia.
Lekic, who began her career in
aviation as a pilot, has long believed
that there were opportunities in the
Croatian aviation market for a
business aviation company. “We
started as brokers but were
always ready to launch at the
right time. Being the first operator
in Croatia has its advantages,
and we aim to establish our
company with a good reputation
before joining the EU. There is
tremendous potential.”
Lekic reports that demand is for
leisure as well as business trips.
Id Jet plans to fly between 600 and
700 hours in its first year and then
look at expanding the fleet, possibly
with an XLS.
Expanding
Gainjet adds
UK sales arm
ProAir achieves new sports goals
ProAir reports growing sports charter
business after signing an agreement
that makes it the exclusive partner of
HRG Sports, the sports specialist
division of HRG Hogg Robinson Group.
“In the first six months of the year
ProAir have welcomed on board the
elite of German football including the
players and officials of Borussia
Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, VfL
Wolfsburg, Hertha BSC Berlin, 1.
FC Nürnberg, and the Austrian
Championship runners-up Red Bull
Salzburg,” says business development
manager Markus Ciravenga.
ProAir, official partner for flights to
football’s UEFA Cup and Champions
League games, will provide services for
HRG Sports Frankfurt, Liga Travel,
B.E.S.T. Borussia Euro Lloyd Sports
Travel, BaySports Travel, FC Bayern
Tours and Euro Lloyd DFB Reisebüro.
Charters have also included one
for Formula One world champion
Mika Häkkinen. Ciravenga says
Fairway-Golfreisen,
Grunberg,
provider of golf holidays, will cooperate on customised charters.
CEOs on Training
A SERIES
Gainjet, which believes the outlook for
private aviation is strong despite the
global economic downturn, has
opened a UK sales office and is
currently working on establishing a
similar permanent office in St
Petersburg. Gainjet is also planning
further expansion of its fleet in 2009.
The company’s operations and
maintenance are based at the Athens
headquarters, but ceo Ramsey Shaban
says: “I decided to have a dedicated
UK sales team for client ease of
contact and quick response times.”
The UK office, staffed by gm Kais
Kassim, Natalie Aylett and Debi Knips,
will be marketing a vip-configured
B757 and a BAe146 configured for
34 passengers, a G450 and G550 all
of which are expected to be in service
in November.
The aircraft join a 40-seat
MD83 based in Manston, five G200s
and a G450.
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Dave Brown, a graduate of Purdue University, joined Owens Corning in 1978.
He was appointed to the board of directors in January 2002 and became president
and chief executive officer three months later. Brown also has served as executive
vice president and chief operating officer, and as president of several company
Natalie Aylett and Debi Knips: enjoying
brisk charter business.
divisions. He serves on a number of boards, including the Toledo Museum of
Art and the Dean’s Advisory Council for Purdue’s Krannert School of Management.
Aylett says she and Knips have been
in aviation for eight years. “We decided
to join a young and expanding aircraft
operator and are excited by the new
aircraft additions, especially the B757
which will really fill a market niche.”
Shaban says the G200s are
“perfect” for trips from Europe to
the Middle East and Africa and the 78seat B757 will certainly be used for
larger groups,with larger baggage
requirements, on long haul flights.
He adds: “The G200 has a good
range, excellent cabin and a larger
baggage hold volume compared to
competitors in its class. The new 18seat G550 will add further flexibility for
our customers through its ultra long
range capability, cabin size and large
luggage compartment.”
Gainjet, which is currently
recruiting additional pilots, is looking
into markets outside of Europe. “We
have established Gainjet Russia
and are currently studying India
and North Africa,” says Shaban. “In
2009 we expect that the fleet will
grow by 20 per cent with aircraft
ownership and demand for private jets
expected to grow despite the current
economic situation.”
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Private jet club plans to fly over economic downturn by targeting
over a hundred Learjet 60XRs at the wealthy and discerning
Lisbon-headquartered Jet Republic
has ordered 110 Learjet 60XRs
to provide the fleet backbone of
a private jet club service that will
offer flight attendants as a
service differential.
“The 60XR was chosen because it
flies the fastest, highest and furthest
of any midsize business aircraft,” says
ceo Jonathan Breeze. “It is also the
most fuel efficient aircraft in its
class and a mid-size aircraft is the
perfect type of aircraft for European
fractional business jet usage.”
But he adds: “Although the 60XR
will provide the backbone of our
fractional fleet, we can offer our
members access to a wide range
of aircraft through our global
operating partners.”
Jet Republic is targeting potential
aircraft owners who can purchase or
lease 1/16 or more of a 60XR with the
basic cost starting at US$875,000. “At
the end of the term owners can sell
their stake or purchase a share in
another aircraft,” Breeze says.
Alternatively Private Jet Card
members can purchase blocks of 25
hours’ flight time on a range of newgeneration jets in any category – light,
midsize, large or global – provided
through partners.
The deal signed with Bombardier
is for 25 aircraft to be delivered over
the first 22 months. The remaining
aircraft will be delivered at the rate of
one every three weeks thereafter. The
first 60XR will be available from
summer 2009 but Jet Republic is
already taking enquiries about its
earlier Jet Card programme launch.
Breeze says the $1.5 billion 60XR
order will enable Jet Republic to offer
services across Europe. But he adds:
“Initially our main focus will be
Russia, Switzerland, France, Germany
and the UK. We do also expect
demand from high net worth
individuals in the Middle East and
Eastern Europe who will appreciate
the service. The 60XR cabins have
been redesigned with the latest
communications
and
security
Jonathan Breeze says demand for top-end private charter will grow despite the global economic downturn.
systems installed along with
improved seating.”
Breeze says the company’s sound
and robust business plan has enabled
it to secure funding despite the
economic downturn.
“The company has substantial
financial backing from Euram Bank,
the leading Austrian private bank,
and a consortium of its clients,”
Breeze says. “Jet Republic was able to
secure this funding as a result of the
quality of its management team,
which has considerable experience in
the aviation, luxury and concierge
industries, and strong growth in the
private aviation market.”
Breeze says the number of high net
worth individuals is rising between 7
Bob Horner: “strong demand”.
per cent and 8 per cent year on year in
western Europe alone and business
travel is now accepted as a business
necessity. “Despite the current
economic climate, the private jet
market is enjoying strong growth.
This, coupled with the fact that we
believe there is significant room for
improvement in the level of service
provided by the private jet aviation
sector, means there is a very strong
and real opportunity for us to
take a significant share of this
market. We have the right
proposition, an extremely talented
management team to deliver on our
strategy and the financial support to
bring it to life.”
The 60XR, he points out, can fly
fuel efficiently at 51,000 ft and offer
time-saving capabilities, reduced air
traffic noise and less turbulence. “It
can seat seven passengers who will be
served hot meals and fresh espresso
coffee by a multi-lingual flight
attendant while they watch iPod
video through the cabin system.
Jet Republic is the aviation
equivalent to a five-star boutique
hotel,” says Breeze.
The company says it has access to
over 1,000 destinations in Europe,
with guaranteed aircraft availability
at as little as 24 hours’ notice. “The
highest level of end-to-end global
concierge opens doors to members in
any city worldwide, from dinner
reservations to theatre tickets. A
virtual executive aide is on-call day
and night with the full resources of
the worldwide network.”
Jet Republic’s management team
includes senior personnel who
previously worked for companies
including GlaxoSmithKline, NetJets,
WhiteConcierge, the Royal Air
Force, Air Partner plc, Financial
Times
Group,
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Citation XL pilot before becoming an
instructor and Falcon 900 captain.
Jet Republic says it will partner
with ClimateCare to be 100 per
cent carbon neutral from launch.
Aircraft will be registered in
Portugal and maintenance will be
carried out at Bombardier approved
maintenance facilities across Europe.
Bob Horner, svp sales, Bombardier
Business Aircraft, says: “The private
jet market is going from strength to
strength, despite a downturn in the
US and world economies. In fact, the
Business Aircraft Market Forecast
predicts US$300 billion in deliveries
over the next 10-year period.”
He adds: “Bombardier estimates
that the worldwide business jet
fleet will nearly double in the next
10 years from 12,800 to 24,800 in
2017 and we expect Europe’s share to
grow from 13 per cent to 25 per cent
of the market.”
Icejet seeks new bases to service Europe
Icejet reports that it is not affected by
the financial crisis currently engulfing
Iceland’s economy. “Since the
beginning of this year, over 80 per
cent of Icejet’s Dornier 328 jet charter
business has been concentrated in
the UK and Europe, with the majority
of its revenues earned in Sterling and
Euros,” says md Jon Ingi Jonsson.
“As a result, it has been far less
affected by the decline of the
Icelandic Krona. Demand for our
high spec and spacious 328 Jets is
strong and we are actively pursuing
opening a couple of new bases,”
adds Jonsson.
Icejet is a part of a group of
companies owned by Nordic
Partners Investment Group, whose
investments embrace hotels, real
estate, food production, aviation and
retail widely across Europe. Jonsson
says: “The foundation of Icejet, our
private jet company and sister
company IceFBO, which provides
fixed based operations at Reykjavik, is
strong and will remain strong.”
Reykjavik-based Icejet currently
has two of its four Dornier 328 Jets
configured in 14-seat vip layout,
positioned out of London Southend
and always available for charter.
“Icejet is the only Dornier 328 Jet
operator in the world permitted to fly
into London City,” Jonsson says.
Two further 14-seat jets and one
Dornier 328 in 19-seat corporate
shuttle layout are based at Reykjavik.
One of Icejet’s 328 jets is fitted with
long range fuel tanks, giving a
2,000 nm range, enabling it to cover
routes such as London-Moscow.
Dagmar Grossmann confers with structured finance specialist Petr Lunák of KKCG.
Grossmann Jet Service launches
private jet consultancy
Grossmann Jet Service has opened a
dedicated centre for aircraft consultancy services in Prague. The
company, which is negotiating
additions to its fleet (EBAN June) and
operates a Legacy and a Hawker
900XP, reports a high level of enquiries
from businessmen.
Mrs Dagmar Grossmann, ceo, says:
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Recession. Economic downturn.
Financial crisis. Europe-wide these
words have become all too familiar.
There are of course many aircraft
owners and operators with the
finances to carry on regardless. And
so far, panic does not seem to have
gripped Austria in quite the same
way as it has elsewhere in Europe.
Its banking sector remains closelylinked to the state and investments
are largely protected from the peaks
and troughs of other European
and global stock markets. The
country is also less reliant on
the US economy than some of
its neighbours.
The country’s central location
within Europe and the ease with
which many operators have been
able to secure an AOC has spawned
a glut of charter operators,
particularly for a country of Austria’s
modest proportions.
Lately though most operators
have begun to admit that the
demand for charter flights has
started to dip over the past few
weeks. When budgets are stretched
chartering aircraft can be one of the
first business expenses to be cut.
Bernhard Fragner is ceo of Grazbased GlobeAir. It owns and operates
four Mustang aircraft.
“Over the past few weeks we’ve
definitely noticed a small dip in
demand,” he says. “We’re all
wondering what’s going to happen to
Austria is preparing for the worst while
plans are made for the future
Welcome Air recently added six new aircraft to its fleet.
the market. Hopefully things will pick
up. The demand for very light jets is
still ongoing though. A lot of
corporates are opting for smaller
aircraft to save money.”
If and when the economy picks
up, GlobeAir hopes to add more
Mustangs to the fleet, one perhaps as
early as 2009.
Lydia Hoess flies a Citation II and
Citation Excel for Air Styria, also
based in Graz. It handles a mixture of
passenger, freight and air ambulance
flights. According to Hoess, 2007 was
its best year so far and the company
had been hoping for another
successful year. However, the past
few weeks have been slow.
“We maybe received two or three
requests for flights but no bookings.
“Most of our business last year
came from Ukraine and Russia but
they also are waiting for things to
improve at the moment,” she says.
“We are performing charter flights,
cargo and emergency flights so we
cannot offer more than we are doing.
We’ll just have to see what happens
and hopefully the situation will start
to get better.”
Most of Air Styria’s clients come
from Russia, Ukraine and Austria’s
neighbouring countries. Recently
however, a more exciting project
came up.
“We made a movie here in Austria
with our Citation Excel where we
performed a sequence in a film.
There was some filming on the
ground as well as in flight, a takeoff or
a landing for example. It was a good
thing to do. It was a nice experience
and we got to see people working
on location.”
As the opportunity for filming is
rare, Air Styria is one of a huge
number of charter companies in
Austria competing for business.
Explains Hoess: “There are quite a lot
of planes here for the size of the
country. Fifty aeroplanes in Vienna
alone, I think.”
So when business is going well
how does the company gain the
advantage over its competitors?
“It’s important to always be
flexible and be on standby, even
when it is quiet. We’re a small
company and that’s the way we like
it. If you’re small you can be very
flexible. The clients know you and in
return you know what they like, the
service they enjoy, the food they want
to eat.”
Being a small company also
means that its staff often have more
than one role at the company. Lydia
Hoess is a pilot but she also works on
the ground in operations. Typically,
there are four staff allocated to each
aircraft plus the cabin attendant who
also works in operations. Lydia’s
husband Robert is chief pilot and
they often fly together.
Air Styria operates a Citation II and
Citation Excel.
She recalls: “I started in 1990 as a
private pilot before I married Robert
at the airport in 1997. Since then we
fly a lot together. Running a charter
business means that you can’t have
much of a private life as you need to
keep the fleet airborne as much as
you can. But we’ve been together
for 18 years now and we have a
good relationship.”
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A-Jet Aviation and Aircraft
Management operates a Challenger
604 and Global Express aircraft out of
Schwechat in Vienna. It also hopes to
add a Challenger 300 to the fleet, with
orders placed for a Global Express
XRS in 2010 and another Challenger
300 the following year.
A-Jet, like many other charter
firms, has begun to feel the
pressure of an unstable economic
climate. Sales director Christian
Schmadlbauer joined the company
in February of this year, having
previously worked for Comtel-Air for
several years. He says: “The world
economic crisis has surely affected
the demand for business and leisure
flights over the past couple of weeks
and is unlikely to recover that fast.
People first need to regain the trust in
the stock markets and the economy
and experience some stability
before the situation can improve.
Nevertheless, I am quite sure that
business will return to normal.
“The Challenger 604 is performing
well. Of course we don’t expect any
dream figures at the end of the year
due to the current economic crisis.
But we are honest and straight
enough to say that we can match last
year’s hours. I am more than
surprised these days that a lot of
operators are still telling stories
about increasing demand and flight
hours per month which are highly
implausible, because on the other
side I see them all mostly standing in
the hangars doing nothing.”
In such an inhospitable climate,
managing aircraft rather than
owning a fleet has definite
advantages. VIF Luftfahrt, whose
main base is also in Vienna,
Husband and wife team Robert and Lydia Hoess fly Air Styria’s fleet.
discontinued the use of propelleroperated aircraft due to a lack of
demand and is currently considering
whether to use its Piper aircraft for
charter or for private use only. The
main advantage it holds over
operators who own their fleet is that
they only rely on charter business for
a small percentage of the time.
Manager Axel Schwarz told EBAN
that the owners use their aircraft
50-80 per cent of the time, which
means that only a very small
amount of business has to come
from brokers and the free market. For
them, business has so far continued
to roll in.
He says: “For companies like us
who just operate aircraft for owners
things have remained pretty stable
but we still don’t know what will
happen next.
“Austria encouraged people to
acquire an AOC and the authorities
helped with that by making it cheap
A G450 is the latest aircraft to join MJet.
and easy to do so,” he explains. “The
country also has a tradition of
attracting investment from former
Soviet countries and has good
relations in that region which has
boosted business.” It could also
explain Austria’s ‘indifference’ to the
condition of the US economy. Things
might not be so good in the future
however, warns Schwarz.
“I think it could change very soon.
Fees are set to increase and EU
regulations now govern the business
much more than Austria itself. If
the economic situation remains
unstable for the next few years,
people will stop flying business jets
so those companies who own aircraft
will experience problems and will
either fold or be forced to consolidate
with other operators. For those that
are left, an increase in the amount of
aircraft on the market will hopefully
mean a drop in prices for those
looking to expand or develop a
particular sector. We’ll just have to
see what happens.”
Most of VIF Luftfahrt’s clients are
Austrian companies. So would
Schwarz be tempted to look for
clients further afield?
“We do have aircraft based
abroad, in Friedrichshafen, in
Germany, for example. We’ve also
had some enquiries about working
with clients in Eastern Europe but
it’s not our philosophy to get
involved in that at the moment. We
never considered going into that
business. We don’t have the
capability to operate on that scale as
you need to have an office where you
are based. This is a volatile business.
Things will change over the coming
years so if you are based in Poland,
Hungary or Slovenia for example we
could see business moving away
from Austria.
“We focus on VIP flights where the
owners mainly use their aircraft, or
else people who are known to them
use it. Having to source only a small
portion of charter work helps keep
our costs at a level that makes it easy
to operate. If we expand we’ll need to
take on more people. What we have
now is sufficient but that doesn’t
mean we won’t expand in future.”
Despite the uncertainty, some
operators are continuing to expand
their fleet. Earlier this year, the
Jetalliance Group of Vienna placed
an order for an ACJ and two A318
Elites, the eighth Airbus order to
date. One ACJ and one Elite have
been delivered to owners and
Jetalliance is looking at meeting
demand for larger aircraft which
might include aircraft in the A330
and A340 class. Lukas LichtnerHoyer, chief executive of Jetalliance
Holding, predicts that demand for
private aircraft travel in Russia, the
Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and the
former CIS countries will grow in the
next ten years.
MJet has bases in Vienna and
Moscow. It recently added a G450
aircraft to its fleet.
Meanwhile, executive charter
business Tyrolean Jet Services
celebrates its 30th anniversary this
year. Based at Innsbruck, the
company is marking the occasion
with the addition of a Cessna
Citation Bravo to its six-strong fleet
that also comprises a CJ2 and a
Global Express.
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In Salzburg, Helios Hubschrauber
operates four 500D helicopters,
where it performs VIP flights, heavy
lifting work and aerial photography
and filming for German and Austrian
television companies. Managing
director Walter Enthammer, who has
been flying for 30 years, is very happy
with the fleet.
“The 500D is efficient and very
reliable. We are always looking to find
a better one but for our kind of
operation it’s the best kind of
helicopter we can have. We tried an
EC120 and you can’t compare it. The
500D is much better for us.”
As well as charter, the company
has been diversifying its core
business offering by developing a
noise-reducing rotor blade system.
According to Enthammer, part of the
company’s plans for the future is
to market them to international
helicopter manufacturers.
He explains: “We’ve been
developing noise reducing rotor
blades that can be used on our
helicopters as well as other models.
We’ve had some success. There’s
been a good reduction in both the
noise and power required and we are
planning to market this in the future.
The less noise a helicopter produces
the better it is for the environment
and for a friendly neighbourhood.”
A-Jet Aviation is based in Schwechat
airport in Vienna.
Also adding to its fleet is Austria’s
Welcome Air Group, which includes
the subsidiary Tyrol Air Ambulance.
It recently expanded its business to
include two Dornier 328 jets as well
as two Dornier 328 props and
Citation V and Citation Bravo
ambulances.
“Configured with 31 all-leather
seats plus a baggage bay access door,
the 328 jet is extremely versatile,
rugged and just perfect for the
various flying activities we perform,”
says joint chief executive Jakob
Ringler. “Its cabin is generous and
there really isn’t another aircraft on
the market today that is on a par
when it comes to affordable
operating costs too.”
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Avcon Jet advocates ‘private bank’ approach
Avcon Jet, styled the “private bank
among charter operators”, pledges to
continue rapid expansion of a fleet
which has risen to 12 aircraft with the
arrival of a fourth CJ2+.
“Our company is one of the fastest
growing business aviation companies
in Europe,” says ceo Alexander Vagacs.
“We intend to continue investing in the
fleet and its services with a guaranteed
secure investment volume. This way,
Avcon Jet and its partners will be even
better equipped to exploit this market
flexibly and successfully.” (See Avcon
targets new aircraft in EBAN July).
The new CJ2+ will be stationed at
the Vienna home base and Avcon Jet
anticipates it will have a high usage
rate to compare favourably with that
achieved by the other aircraft in its
fleet in the first two quarters of 2008.
“The average usage is more than 100
flight hours per month, per aircraft.
Due to these figures, more and more
Werner Slavik: anticipates further demand for aircraft financing.
clients see the benefit of the ‘private
bank among the operators’ as an
optimal choice for their aircraft
management,” says Christian Lang,
Avcon Jet’s cfo. “Customers are seen
and treated as partners, whose
investment is put in the responsible
hands of Avcon Jet to gain profit. We
work for adequate earnings for our
selected customers, not for customer
acquisition at any price. That is also
why our fleet is limited to only new
aircraft which meet the high demands
of our customers.”
Vagacs, who personally ferried the
new CJ2+ from the Cessna production
site in Wichita to Austria, says: “Every
new aircraft is kind of a big deal and the
permanent growth of our fleet makes
me proud. But my big immediate
priority is that our concept of acting as
a private bank for our customers has
the desired effect on profitability. We
work with our client’s capital, their
aircraft, as prudently and effectively as
possible. Good utilisation makes the
aircraft profitable for their owners.”
Werner Slavik, head of aircraft
finance of Hypo Group Alpe Adria
Leasing says that “our bank is looking
forward to participating in more
upcoming deals with Avcon Jet.”
Lang says: “Flight staff are
supported by an experienced team of
specialists with legal and fiscal
backgrounds as well as experience in
the banking, finance and insurance
industries. Our permanently growing
fleet of at present 12 business jets
covers the whole spectrum of business
aviation from small to medium to
large cabin.”
The fleet includes the Citation
series (CJ2+, CJ3, Bravo, XLS), a Learjet
45, two Challenger 300s, a Falcon
F2000EX and a GV. Avcon Jet says it will
receive further additions to its fleet in
the next few months.
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Hertel ceo Joost Knoll is one
of a growing number of
European businessmen using
VLJs to save time and
increase efficiency. “We
fly
mainly
in
north
west Europe,” says Knoll.
“Destinations we now visit
comfortably in one day used
to take us at least two days,
meaning that a hotel stay
was necessary.”
The company, which
builds, maintains, modifies
and dismantles installations
in
the
petro-chemical,
energy, waste and process
industry, has operations in
Belgium, Germany, the UK,
Ireland, France, Romania,
Lithuania, China and Dubai.
Hertel executives used to
take bigger aircraft from
Antwerp. “We now save
even more time flying
from Rotterdam with Bikkair
instead,” says Knoll. “What
personally attracts me the
most is the fact that we can
adjust the time of departure
to meet our own schedule.”
Knoll is one of hundreds of
executives boosting VLJ
traffic in Europe either as a
charter user or an aircraft
owner. Eurocontrol reported
at the second annual
European VLJ conference in
Barcelona that VLJ flight
numbers in Europe have
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for fast, economical travel.
grown from just below 50 in
September 2007 to 250
in March 2008 and are
now heading upwards to 300
a month.
“Travelling with commercial operators meant that we
either flew too early, creating a
hectic schedule, or too late,
thus losing time,” says Knoll.
“With Bikkair when schedules
are changed, I simply call the
pilot a few hours in advance to
set the new schedule. If
everything runs to plan, I call
him a half an hour before
departure, so the Mustang is
ready when I arrive. You meet
up with your fellow travellers,
park your car in front of the
building, walk in and within
several minutes you have
Phenom training expansion
plans for US and UK
Embraer CAE Training
Services
(ECTS)
has
launched its first pilot
and technical training
programs for the Phenom
100 at CAE’s facility in
Dallas, Texas. “This is
a key milestone for the joint
venture,
which
was
established in October 2006
to provide pilot and ground
crew training to Embraer
customers of the Phenom
100 and Phenom 300 jets,”
says
Simon
Newitt,
Embraer’s
director
of
customer
training.
A
second Phenom 100/300
full flight simulator (FFS) is
scheduled to be deployed at
CAE’s Burgess Hill training
centre in the UK, in the first
quarter of 2009. ECTS also
plans to add a third
Phenom 100 FFS at a
location to be decided.
boarded and are ready for
takeoff. It is literally a five
minute job. The Bikkair
concept is mainly about timesaving at attractive rates so the
luxury lunches are excluded.
The Mustang itself is a
comfortable aircraft. Although
its range is limited, it is the
ideal solution for us for visiting
our customers and offices
within Europe. You are never
on the aircraft longer than two
or three hours.”
Alex Hendriks, deputy
director ATM Strategies at
Eurocontrol, told the VLJ
conference that much has
been accomplished under the
Single European Sky ATM
Research (SESAR) programme,
a European initiative working
to define an integrated future
ATM system for Europe.
SESAR aims to enhance the
safety and capacity of the
European aviation system and
reduce costs and impact on
the environment.
Hendriks says VLJs, many
of them flown by pilot
owners, fly at high attitude
but at lower speed than larger
aircraft and this is causing
ATC issues. Another issue
involves TCAS II (see EBAN
May 2008).
The European Commission’s Mikolaj Ratajczyk says
the EU’s dedicated policy on
general and business aviation
is incorporating VLJs and their
special characteristics sector
into the overall air transport
framework. The Commission,
Eurocontrol and private
companies aim to increase
the safety factor, triple
capacity, reduce ATM costs
ten-fold and realise a 10 per
cent reduction in emissions
per flight.
José Mariano López, md
Barcelona Aeronautics &
Space Association (BAIE)
welcomed
around
80
delegates to the conference.
He suggested Spain would be
a good manufacturing host
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for the next generation possibly
all-composite VLJ, with Barcelona
being a “magnet for worldwide
engineering talent.”
VLJ production is largely
concentrated in the US but an
assembly line in Europe would be at
the centre of an extremely significant
VLJ operational region, delegates
were told. The customer in Europe is
responsible for getting his new
aircraft home from the manufacturer
in the US and Brazil so aircraft
delivery to European customers is a
key issue, according to LEA md
Patrick Margetson-Rushmore.
He pointed out that he spoke
from personal experience about the
need to ensure that training slots on
the simulators are booked well in
advance. LEA’s pilots, he says, enjoy
flying their entry level Mustang, and
the ‘sweet spot’ is journeys of 40 to
90 minutes.
Acquiring a large fleet of VLJs will
definitely keep costs down, the
conference was told by Matthijs
de Haan, md of ETIRC, parent
company of Eclipse Aviation which
has decided to build the Eclipse 500
in Russia. “Absolutely Russia is a big
market for VLJs, but so too are high
economic growth countries like
India, Indonesia and China.”
Dublin-based Jetbird announced
it had successfully raised $14.2
million in launch capital through the
sale of a 9.3 per cent stake to a
Middle Eastern investor, and that it
would be offering Phenom 100
services next spring.
The conference, organised by
London and Dubai-based MIU
Events, heard from Ed Smith,
senior VP at General Aviation
Manufacturers’ Association, that
over 200 pilots have been trained to
date on VLJ models and that their
average age is 47. VLJ models are
extremely advanced, with state-ofthe-art technology in the flight deck,
often more sophisticated than many
I N D U S T R Y
airliners flying today, delegates
were told.
Robert Appleton of Europraxis
Consulting reported that there are a
potential 260 European airports
suitable for VLJ use, but options are
currently limited by lack of customs
and VFR facilities. VLJ operators will
also be looking at other airport
characteristics such as terminals,
fuelling, ground transportation and
handling, he added. The need
for VLJ operators to be “realistic”
was stressed during the two-day
conference, along with the high
priority of communications with the
OEMs and of checking regulations
when introducing new jets.
The importance of determining
customer requirements well in
advance such as cabin connectivity
and where to have a lavatory
is also fundamental, said Joe
Leader, president of Europe’s
Air Taxi Association, which now has
15 members.
Spain to host Citation
service centre
Cessna has gained corporate
approval to build a new European
Citation Service Center in Spain to
complement the Le Bourget facility.
The company hopes to break
ground in 2009 and begin
operations there in late 2010.
Gulfstream G250 offers
larger cabin, longer range
Gulfstream Aerospace has
announced the introduction of its
newest super mid-size business jet,
the Gulfstream G250, offering a
larger cabin and longer range.
The G250 is capable of travelling
3,400 nm at 0.80 Mach and has a
maximum operating speed of 0.85
Mach. With an initial cruise altitude
of 41,000 feet, the G250 can climb to
a maximum altitude of 45,000 feet,
where it can avoid air traffic
congestion and adverse weather.
Gulfstream projects the G250 will
be certified in 2011 and expects to
begin customer deliveries of the
new aircraft the same year. The first
flight of the aircraft is scheduled for
the second half of 2009.
Hawker launches
450XP model
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
has announced the launch of its
newest light business jet the Hawker
450XP. Following on from the
Hawker 400XP, the four key areas of
upgrade include: all new engines
that deliver 10 per cent better fuel
economy; the latest Rockwell
Collins cabin management system;
a more luxurious interior based on
the interior of the 900XP; all
new avionics.
First flight of the aircraft is
scheduled for the second quarter of
2009 with FAA and EASA
Certification expected in 2010.
King Air 350i sets
high-tech standards
Jose Maria Fita, director of business operations for Taxijet, addresses the VLJ conference. Photo courtesy of Marc Sorli.
Taxijet to begin commercial
operations next April
Continued from page 1
establishing operational bases at
Cuatro Vientos and preparing at
Getafe, if necessary, to move from
Cuatro Vientos. We see the Balearic
Islands, and Andorra, operating
from the new airport at Seu
D’Urgell, as locations with high
demand for easy connections to
European destinations. We target
companies with €20M to €200M
turnover with multiple locations
and within 30km of a regional
airport especially when there is a
regular requirement for teams to
travel together.”
Taxijet looked at the full range
of VLJs that were being promoted
back in 2002. “There were three
key factors that led us to choose
the Eclipse 500 – operational
characteristics, operating costs and
environment,” says Neill.
He points out that the Eclipse 500
will allow Taxijet to fly in and out of
2,000 European airports compared to
the 800 that are accessible to larger
jets. “Runway lengths are the main
restrictor but noise levels are another
factor,” he says.
Neill says no other aircraft
can offer the performance and
operational cost of the Eclipse 500 for
journeys of 300 km to 1,400 km
carrying one to four passengers.
“The aircraft is comfortable for
one to two hour flights which will
be the main bulk of our planned
operations. Our initial focus is on
Delegates at the Barcelona VLJ
conference exchange pleasantries.
Photo courtesy of Marc Sorli.
day trips to difficult to reach
locations, or multiple-stop trips that
would be impossible in commercial
aviation. As we grow our fleet we can
become more flexible in terms of
one-way trips and other services for
our clients.”
The Eclipse 500 has the lowest
direct operating costs of any jet –
primarily because it uses so little fuel
compared to other aircraft, Neill
adds. “So far we are seeing an average
of 50 gallons per hour of flight. At
a distance of 150 metres it
is as noisy as a vacuum cleaner at
three metres.”
Taxijet, he says, employs people
with a “passion for aviation and a
passion for people.”
The director of marketing, Franc
Sanmarti, is involved with the
Aeroclub at Sabadell which has a
museum of old aircraft that are
lovingly restored and flown once
a year in the Festa de Cel –
an airshow that has become
a key part of Barcelona city
celebrations every September.
Neill sees 2008 as an “inflexion
point” in the world of commercial
aviation – the demand curve has
dramatically changed. “Ryanair,
Easyjet, Vueling – the arrival of these
low cost operators have forced the
national flag carriers to reduce their
service levels to compete on price,”
says Neill. “This results in one level of
customer service – the same for the
stag party from Ireland spending a
weekend in Valencia, or the business
traveller making a day trip to hold
several meetings in Madrid. We
believe that business class no longer
exists on European short-haul
commercial flights – and the new
business class will be the air taxi. We
look for aviators, not pilots – for
people who want to be part of
changing aviation for the better, for
people who see a challenge and rise
to the occasion. We hold regular
open days.”
Taxijet initially started as a service
to manage Eclipse 500s on behalf of
businessmen in the Catalunya region
and initial orders were made in
January 2002 for four of the aircraft.
Taxijet established maintenance
facilities and offices at Sabadell
during 2006 and took delivery of its
first Eclipse 500 in December 2007.
“Demand is such that we have
since expanded our ‘club’ of owners
to other business people who see the
need for 100 to 200 hours of air taxi
services per year and look to Taxijet
to sell the spare capacity of their
aircraft to our network of clients,”
Neill adds.
Hawker has announced a new
model King Air, the 350i. It is to
have an advanced infotainment
system, Rockwell Collins Venue
integrated Cabin Management
System (CMS) featuring video
screens, iPod connectivity; a luxury
interior; an exclusive multi-step
noise reduction process; and
revolutionary new Beechcraft
FlexCabin capability – a whole new
way of reconfiguring the cabin.
Socata unveils
twin turboprop
EADS Socata has released initial
information on the company’s next
generation aircraft project. Codenamed NTx, the new aircraft will be
larger than the TBM 850, and aims
at completing Socata’s range on the
N E W S . . .
upper end. Using a twin-engine
configuration to offer a large scope
of potential applications, the NTx
will have greater useful load, more
payload capability and a bigger
cabin than the TBM 850.
Powerplant applications for the
NTx are still under discussion.
Although the launch date is not yet
determined, the manufacturer is
working on a schedule and expects
to be able to officially launch the
program before the end of 2009.
EVS for Bell 206/407
approved
Max-Viz, Inc has received
European (EASA) approval of the
EVS-1500 Enhanced Vision System
(EVS) installation on EC-registered
Bell 206/407 helicopters. The
system incorporates the latest in
sensor image processing and active
dynamic range management in an
external housing identical to the
previous generation EVS-1000.
Wallan to service Citations
in Riyadh
Cessna has named Wallan Aviation,
a long-time Cessna Authorized
Sales Representative, in Riyadh as
an Authorized Citation Service
Center for the Middle East. The
certification for Wallan applies to
all 500-series Citations.
Piaggio Avanti II on sale at
Harrods
Harrods Aviation has been
appointed as a Piaggio Aero
‘Exclusive Dealer’ for the Piaggio
P.180 Avanti II within the UK,
Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel
Islands.
First EC225 simulator
enters service
HeliSim and Eurocopter have
officially inaugurated the first
EC225 Full Flight Simulator (FFS)
in Marignane, France. The FFS is
to be qualified to Level D
according to JAR standards. It
includes a full-motion system with
six degrees of freedom, an
instructor station, simulation of
all systems and optional
equipment solutions, avionics
system and full replica of the
EC225 cockpit, sound system,
original OEM simulation data
package and a visual system field
of view of 200 degrees horizontal
and 60 degrees vertical
daylight/dusk/night.
Citation XLS+
enters service
Cessna is to begin deliveries of the
Citation XLS+ as EBAN goes to
press, with the first of the newly
certified jets in demo service by the
end of October.
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Marketplace
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Aircraft for sale
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AGUSTA
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S/N 41016 Brand new 3rd quarter, 2008
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“Pininfarina edition” S/N 5309: Stunning
new Pininfarina edition interior in dark
brown leather, accented with light beige
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Interior/exterior still to be specified.
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Challenger 850
A109 Grand
S/N 25150. Brand new. Dec 08 delivery.
Full warranty, pilot & mechanic training,
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Baggage extension. Extended fuel tanks.
Tel: +1 954 771 1795 Aero Toy Store Inc.
Web: www.aerotoystore.com. Email:
Challenger 300
Challenger 300, s/n 20192, delivered July
2008, 35 TT, VIP seat #6, Airshow 4000
w/multimedia John Hopkinson &
Associates Ltd.. Web:
www.hopkinsonassociates.com. Email:
sales@hopkinsonassociates.com
Challenger 604
S/N 5370. Excellent pedigree, T/T 4716.
New Midcoast paint & interior, 9
passenger, extended cabin w/additional
window. Unique aft lav w/two closets,
Airshow 400, Aerial View cameras.
Fax/copier/scanner. A must see Tel: +1
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Delivery position, options can be
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John Hopkinson & Associates Ltd.. Web:
Global Express
2000, N5UU, S/N 9029. Only 2,400 hours.
16 passenger cabin. Crew Rest. New paint
and soft goods 2006. Engines on
Corporate Care. Smart Parts Plus. Direct
TV & SATCOM. Exceptional. Tel : +1 (703)
572-5100 or + 41 (22) 704 08 20 20
Loudoun Aviation Inc. Web:
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Global Express XRS
2008, “Pininfarina edition” S/N 9281:
Brand new. Full Factory Warranty, Pilot &
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ACARS, Lightning Sensor, Two 21”
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Global 5000 Vision
A109E Power
2001, TT 975 hours. VIP, UK based and
registered. Excellent condition and
maintenance history. Tel: +1 703 572 5100
Loudoun Aviation, Inc. Web:
www.loudounaviation.com. Email:
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Challenger 601-3A/ER
1990, S/N 5068, Bombardier Level III pre
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John Hopkinson & Associates Ltd.. Web:
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Challenger 604
1999, Two owners since new. S/N 5434. TT
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Manufacturers Chapter 5. Avionics:
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Jar-Ops & EASA compliant, +USD$1.2
million in options. Live television system,
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+1 954 771 1795 Aero Toy Store Inc. Web:
Learjet 45
2000, S/N 116. EASA certified.
Configuration: 8+1 passengers. T/T
1,854.45 hours; 1581 cycles. Engines:
Allied Signal TFE. Aircraft: MSP Gold and
Smart Parts. Maintenance: CAMP.
Avionics: Honeywell Primus 1000.
Availability: Immediately. JAR OPS. Tel:
+41 44 87 65 611 ExecuJet Aviation Group.
Web: www.execujet.net. Email: preownedaircraft@execujet.eu
Global Express
S/N 9139. Factory warranty! Only 1203 TT
Jar-Op’s compliant, engines on Corporate
Care. Smartparts, Heads-up display,
Triples, 13 pax w/four place conference
group midcabin & 16G divan aft, forward
& aft lavs w/vacuum flush toilets. Tel: +1
954 771 1795 Aero Toy Store Inc. Web:
Learjet 60
2001, S/N 236. TT 1,701 hours; 1,186
cycles. Configuration: 7+1 passengers.
Engines: PW305 Turbofans. APU: T-20G10C3 PATS TSN: 608. CAMP. Avionics:
Collins EFIS Pro-Line 4. Woodwork
redone in August 2007. EASA certified.
Availability: Immediately ExecuJet
Global Express
1999, One owner since new. S/N 9028. T/T
4,361 hours. 14+2 passengers
configuration. 2,567 cycles Engines on
Rolls Royce Corporate Care Program. APU:
MSP. Maintenance: R-R Corporate Care.
Avionics: Honeywell 6-tube EFIS system.
Available immediately JAR OPS Tel: +41 44
87 65 611 ExecuJet Aviation Group. Web:
Learjet 60SE
2006, S/N 301. Configuration: 7
passengers. TT: 484.1 hours; 303 cycles.
Engines: PW305A TSN: 484.1. Aircraft: JSSI
Tip To Tail Program. APU. CAMP. Avionics:
Collins Pro Line 4. New interior and
exterior paint 2006. Availability:
Immediately ExecuJet Aviation Group.
Global Express
For more information call +1-732-704-9561
or visit us at www.aso.com
A
March 2012 delivery. Configuration: 13
passengers. Avionics: Rockwell Collins Pro
Line Fusion. 4x15” active matrix LCD with
Head-up. Guidance System (HGS(r)).
Interior/exterior still to be specified. JAR
OPS. Tel: +41 44 87 65 611 ExecuJet
Challenger 605
2007, Ex-demonstrator. S/N 5702. TT
1,254 hours; 514 cycles. 6 passenger
configuration. Engines: GE CF34-3B. APU:
Honeywell GTCP36-150(CL).
Maintenance: CAMP. Avionics: Collins Pro
2000, S/N 9061. T/T3150 hours. Engines,
Rolls Royce BR700. Engines on Rolls Royce
corporate care. Smart Parts. APU,
RE220GX. Maintenance, SmartParts &
CAMP. Honeywell Primus 2000 XP
Avionics. Configuration, 14 Passengers.
Available immediately. EASA compliant
Tel: +41 44 87 65 611 ExecuJet Aviation
Learjet 60XR
S/N 361: Brand new 4th quarter, 2008
delivery. Full factory warranty, pilot &
maintenance training. JAR-OPS and EASA
compliant. Beautiful eight passenger XR
executive floorplan A configuration.
Loaded with options! Call before it’s gone.
Tel: +1 954 771 1795 Aero Toy Store Inc.
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Learjet 60XR
2007, Two aircraft. S/N 337 - T/T 330
hours; 110 cycles. Aircraft: Smart Parts and
CIMMS. JAR OPS. Availability: November
2008. S/N TBA - T/T 600 hours. Aircraft:
Smart Parts and CIMMS. JAR OPS.
Availability: Immediately. Tel: +41 44 87 65
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Falcon 2000LX
First quarter 2009 delivery position! Tel:
+44 (0)1825-713988 V & E European A/C
Sales, Ltd. Email: d.mcd@virgin.net
BRITTEN-NORMAN
Islander
1969, TTAF: 12100h. Price: Make offer.
Location: Sweden. Eng. Lycoming O540
L/H 2250h – R/H 1950hProps MT/prop 4blade L/H – R/H 1050h. LIESE Silenser
V60 2004. Landing gear overhauled
2008.Equipped for skydiving. (Sliding
door, handle and step). Tel: +46 705661038
Email: par.svensson@gnosjo.se
CESSNA
Citation CJ1
SN: 525-0435, TT: 1,690 hours. On Power
Advantage. RVSM and BRNAV approved.
JAR OPS & EASA compliant. Five place
executive interior. Interior and exterior in
excellent condition. Maintained on
CESCOM with Pro Parts. Tel: +44 (0)1825
713988 V & E European A/C Sales, Ltd..
Email: d.mcd@virgin.net
Citation CJ2
TT 1,839 hours, 100% JSSI, 3-Tube EFIS,
dual Garmin 530A, EGPWS, TCAS I, UNS1L, 3-frequency ELT, 8.33 KHz spacing/FM
immunity, RVSM/JAR OPS1/EASA
approved. Doc 10 c/w August 2006, 133
Hours SHS, Cescom. One owner. Tel: +1
713 681 0075 or +1 201 445 5660 Par Avion
Ltd. Web: www.paravionltd.com. Email:
info@paravionltd.com
Citation Sovereign
2006, s/n 680-0087, Spanish registration
EC-JYG, ProParts & Power Advantage
Plus+, 567 hours TSN. Best Buy. Tel: +1 702
260 3333, Fax: +1 702 260 3377 Aircraft
Marketing Ltd.. Web:
www.aircraftmarketing.com. Email:
info@aircraftmarketing.com
Falcon 900B
1992, N525MH, SN 113, AFTT: 6,389hrs.
Aircraft currently in Europe. 2C Check
CW 06/2004. G.O. 04/06. Part 135. 14
passenger configuration with private aft
section, interior refurbished 08/05. Paint
06/05. Enhanced Mode S. Tel: +1 214 505
1640 Jet Affiliates International. Web:
www.jetai.com. Email: sean@jetai.com
Falcon 900EX
1999, Lowest timed available. S/N 046.
T/T 3,450 hours. Configuration: 13
passengers. Engines: Honeywell TFE 73160 TSN: 3450. Program: Engines and APU
on MSP. APU: Garret GTCP 36-150 TSN:
1580. Maintenance: CAMP. Avionics:
Honeywell FMZ 2000 system. Availability:
1 November 2008 ExecuJet Aviation
DORNIER
328 Jet “Envoy 3”
S/N 3181, TSN 7,376, CSN 7,961, MTOW
15.660 kgs, JAR OPS 1, new 14 pax
interior/paint 2007. FL350, Honeywell
APU, Primus 2000 Avionics, NDH,
insp/dely ppt Europe upon arrangement.
Call Jörn Deistler: +49 4881 936693
Germania Executive. Web: www.fairchilddornier.com . Email: eurojets@germaniaexecutive.com
328 Jet “Executive”
S/N 3162, TSN 3,786, CSN 2,403, MTOW
15.660 kgs, JAR OPS 1, P&W 306B engines,
fresh HSI, phase IV upgrade, ER tanks,
range 2,000nm, APU, 2 QC interiors 16
VIP/32 pax. Call Jörn Deistler: +49 4881
936693 Germania Executive. Web:
www.fairchild-dornier.com . Email:
eurojets@germania-executive.com
EMBRAER
DASSAULT
Falcon 2000
1997, S/N 51 AFTT: 4,250.0hrs. MSP on
engines/APU. Head-up display. Paint,
Interior 3/2007. CAMP. Ten passenger
executive interior. Most maintenance
performed at Dassault Falcon, Little Rock.
Both engines TT 4,060.0. APU TT 1,775.0.
Tel: +1 214 505 1640 Jet Affiliates
International. Web: www.jetai.com. Email:
sean@jetai.com
Legacy
2002, EC-IIR, S/N 145540. TT 1,715
(March 08). One operator since new. 15
pax executive seating configuration.
Honeywell Primus integrated avionics.
CD/DVD/Airshow entertainment
systems. Satphone. Power connections
for laptops and other portable devices.
Full service galley with microwave and
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G150
S/N 202: In service 2006 with warranty
start date of June 2007. Paperless cockpit
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radar, 2-channel SATCOM, enhanced
flight ID, Dual FMS-6100. Seven passenger
configuration. Tel: +1 713 681 0075 or +1
201 445 5660 Par Avion Ltd. Web:
www.paravionltd.com. Email:
info@paravionltd.com
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT
800A
1987, S/N 258095. Configuration: 9
passengers. TT 7,331.3 hours; 4,125 cycles.
Engines: TFE 731-5R-1H. Program:
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Avionics: Collins 4 Tube EFIS. Availability:
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